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BỘ 5 ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG MÔN TIẾNG ANH 12 CÓ ĐÁP ÁN

NĂM 2021 TRƯỜNG THPT HÙNG VƯƠNG

1. ĐỀ SỐ 1

I. Phonetics :( 10pts )

A. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
other words

1. A. whistled B. laughed C. lodged D. received
2. A. native B. debate C. facial D. maturity
3. A. drown B. clown C.grown D. crown
4. A. spoon B. tool C. blood D. noon

5. A. character B. chapter C.chimney D. chalk

B. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
6. A. mineral B. forbid C. recycle D. discard

7. A. concerned B. pollution C. restrict D. irrigate

8. A. administer B. admissible C. admirable D. advisable
9. A. nominee B. commitee C. employee D. adsentee
10. A. recipe B. recipient C. recital D. redundant
II. Vocabulary and structure: ( 40pts )

A. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence
11. His parents don’t ………. of his having parties every week.
A. agree B. support C. approve D. appreciate

12. The next ……….. of the school play will be on Monday at 6.30 p.m.
A. drama B. discussion C. exhibition D. performance

13. Beethoven, having composed symphonies at three, is considered………
A. gifted B. ambitious C. determined D. hard-working

14. I couldn’t receive the program very clearly because of ……… caused by
weather conditions

A. blocks B. blockage C. leakage D. interference

15. On the first day of our vacation we just ……… by the hotel swimming-pool.
A. calmed B. enjoyed C. relaxed D. comforted

16. Salmon eggs can’t ………. in salt water and baby salmon can’t live in it, either
A. live B. dive C. swim D. hatch

17. Some parts of Asia are among the most crowded in the world, ………, there are
many forests where few people live.

A. moreover B. nevertheless C. consequently D. otherwise

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A. keen B. interested C. impressed D. enthusiastic
19. Another word for fasten is ………..

A. frighten B. loosen C. lengthen D. tighten

20. He was ……….who wanted to continue working on the project

A. among the few people B. among few C. among of the few D. among the few

21. One ……….. five adults takes physical exercise at least once a wekk.
A. from B. in C. at D. with

22. This ring is not only made of plastic, so it is quite………
A. valuable B. invaluable C. worthless D. priceless

23. The dentist told him to open his mouth ………
A. broad B. much C. greatly D. open

24. Extensive sientific studies have illustrated that the overexpansion of urban areas into
surrounding coutryside threatens the natural environment rather than ………
A. its balance B. balancing it C. balances it D. the balance

25. ………… is extremely dangerous
A. At very high speeds driving cars
B. Cars at very high speeds driving
C. Cars driving at very high speeds
D. Driving cars at very high speeds

26. At the stage we can not tell you ……… you have been selected for the job or not
A. whenever B. although C. whether D. unless

27. Unemployment ……….. by 4% since January and now stands at just under three
million.

A. was raised B. were raised C. has risen D. rose

28. We were all too hungry to wait ……….. longer for supper
A. the B. any C.some D. more

29. ……… you study harder, you won’t pass the examination.
A. Because B. Unless C. if D. Without

30. Five years ………. a long time, he might already be forgotten.
A. is B. has been C. may be D. had been

B .Error recognition: choose the underlined part ( A,B,C,or D ) that is incorrect.
31. It was nice to you to take me home.

32. If you know to use this machine, please help her.

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37. Many people agree that collecting stamps are enjoyable.
38. The Chinese is very famous for their food.

39. There are forty students in the class. Half of the class is boys.

40. In 1892, the first long- distance telephone line between Chicago and NewYork was
formally opening .

C .Fill each gap in the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.
41.Air ………..(pollute) has had a serious effect on human life.

42..………(environment) are fighting against the hunting of whales.
43.My teacher is very ………...(know) about the history of

Vietnam.

44.He always listens ………...(attention) to what she is told.
45.I have no excuses. My actions were……….…..(explain).

46.Playing for the national team for the first time was an
……….…..(forget) experience for him

47.The Statue of Liberty in New York is the symbol of ………..……..(friend)
between France and America.

48.By the time we get there, the film ………..(start).

49.The giant panda is an ………...(endanger) species.
50.It may be ………...(risk) for him to carry in his pocket all his
unspent money.

III. Reading : ( 30 pts )

A. Read the text below and decide which answer –A , B, C, D- best fits each space:
Every teacher knows that not all students are good examinees. Some are too tense, become
(51)……… or too stressed and then perform below expectations just when it(52) ………
most. Teachers try to help by(53)………. , believing that if they boost a student’s academic(54)
…………,they will cure his fear of exams.

So, last year, ( 55 ) ………on my teaching experience and sports psychology skills, I
completely rewrote the Business Studies Revision Course at this secondary school. The ( 56 )
………idea of the course is to ( 57 ) ………the examination as an event, a
challenge, a ( 58 ) ………, much like a sports match, a drama production, or perhaps a
concert, but bigger and more important and very definitely on the public page. The idea is to
show that the exam is not a ( 59 ) ………but an opportunity to show how good the ( 60)
………is.

The object is to improve students final performance by increasing ( 61 ) ………, control
and ability to cope. The theme of ‘total preparation for performance’ ( 62 ) ………them

that while knowledge and examination techniques are obviously important, they are only two of
the five skills required. The ( 63 ) ………being coping strategies, mental skills and
management skills. These additions give a new ( 64 ) ……… to a student’s revision,
increasing enjoyment and motivation. They widen a student’s focus and help to convince some
of the less confident students that there are many ways in which they can actively ( 65 )

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51 A. overanxious B. worried C. blue D. sad
52 A. plays B. gives C. pays D. matters

53 A. adding B. compensating C. claiming D. ensuring
54 A. degrees B. grades C. knowledge D. results
55 A. drawing B. withdrawing C. relying D. depending
56 A. core B. root C. concrete D. central

57 A. consider B. cure C. treat D. remedy

58 A. doing B. performance C. action D. behavior
59 A. test B. measurement C. evaluation D. check
60 A. interviewee B. candidate C. guy D. person
61 A.self-service B. selfconsciousness

C. self-respect D. selfconfidence

62 A. dictates B. informs C. teaches D. advises
63 A. others B. requirement C. skills D. other
64 A. stand B. point C. view D. dimension

65 A. make B. participate C. contribute D. increase

B. Read the passage and the questions or unfinished sentences. Then choose the

answer – A, B, C, D –that you think fits best:

It is a common saying that we do not fully value a thing until we lose it. We often value
the love and worth of a friend when he has been taken from us by death more than when he
was with us in the flesh; it is only when we have left school or college that we understand the
greatness of our opportunity of education, which has gone forever; it is the sick and the ailing
who realize the value of good health. When we are young and strong, we cannot imagine what
it is to be weak and ailing. We are so used to vigorous health that we take it for granted. The
organs of our body work so smoothly that we scarcely know we have lungs and liver, heart and
stomach. But when any of these gets upset and gives us pain and sickness, we learn by bitter
experience what an unspeakable blessing it is to be well.

Loss of health makes us miserable and a burden to ourselves and our friends. It cripples our
efforts so that we cannot accomplish many of the good and great things we might have done. It
spoils our life. What must we do to keep our health?

We must be moderate in eating and drinking and wise in the choice of plain, wholesome simple
food. Gluttony has killed thousands, and strong drink tens of thousands. We must, when young,
get plenty of sleep, which is “nature’s sweet restorer”, and not try to burn the candle at both
ends. We must live as much as possible in the open air and keep our rooms well ventilated. We
must get sufficient and regular physical exercise, and keep our body clean. And we must avoid
bad habits and secret sins as we avoid the devil, and keep our thought clean, our bodies pure.
Our ideal must be the sound mind in the sound body.

66. According to the passage, we often appreciate our friends only when …..
A. they are with us B. they are good to us

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A. we are so accustomed to good health B. we are so busy making a living
C. we are always in good health D. most of the diseases can be cur

68. Poor health makes us …..

A. useless and selfish B. unable to fulfill our expectations
C. a shame to our friends D. fail to become famous

69. According to the author, having plenty of sleep when young …..
A. is wasting our time B. can help us regain our strength

C. may cause loss of health D. can reduce our vigour
70. The best title for the passage is …..

A. Health and Human Aspirations B. Health and our Success
C. How to Keep our Health D. The Value of Health

C. Fill each gap in the passage with one word from the box.
Fauna, species, predators, mammals, pheasant,

flora, plants, symbols, biodiversity, vegetation

Studies of the (71)……….. of Bach Ma’s forests are not yet completed but it is already
clear that the park supports a very large number of (72) ……….. . This is partly due to
the variations in altitude and also because the part is located within the transition of two

biogeographical zones supporting species from nothern and southern regions of Vietnam. The
(73) ………….. includes two main formations: tropical lowland forests and subtropical forests.
The flora of Bach Ma includes at least 1,400 species which represents around one-fifth of the
entire (74) …………. of Vietnam . Of these, 86 species are listed as endangered and there are
also over 500 species which could have a commercial value , including over 430 species of
medicinal (75) ………. .

The (76) ……… of Bach Ma National Park is considered to support half of all (77)………….
known in Vietnam. Forty three species of mammals were identified in the park. Nine species of
primates and large (78)………, such as tigers and leopards, still remain in the remote parts
of the park. The 330 species of birds that have been observed in the park represent over
one-third of the species in Vietnam. There are seven species of pheasants, including the rare
endemic (79)………, which was very common in the forests along the foot of the mountain
but was already considered to become extinct by the 1940s. More than 50 years later, it was
rediscovered in the park and has become one of the (80)………… of Bach Ma National Park.
IV. Writing : ( 20 pts )

A. Rewrite the sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the scense.
81.Thanks, but I had something to eat earlier.

Thanks, but I’ve ………
82.It is essential that you eat this kind of food as soon as it’s cooked.
This kind of food ………

83.There aren’t any trains earlier than this one.

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85. Organized activities don’t interest Eva very much.
Eva ………..

B. Choose the sentence ( A, B, C, D ) which is closed in meaning to the one in bold.
86. Bob is sure to pass the examination

A. Bob knows he will pass the examination .

B. Bob has a fair chance of passing the examination .
C. Bob passed the examination with the greatest success.
D. Bob will pass the examination without difficulty

87. She has lost her appetite recently
A. She has eaten a lot of food recently.
B. She has gone off food recently.
C. Her appetite has been very good .
D. She hasn’t had any food recently.

88. Our army would rather fight on than give in now
A. Our army would now prefer not to go on fighting.
B. Our army would be defeated if it is continued to fight.
C. Our army doesn’t want to stop fightting now.

D. Our army has given up the fight and so can’t win now.
89. Please ask if you need a porter to help with your luggage
A. Porters are available if necessary.

B. You must carry your luggage yourself.
C. Ask a porter if you need your luggage.
D. A porter will come if you shout.

90. He said, “ I was not there at the time”
A. He denied not being there at the time.

B. He denied that he hasn't been there at the time.
C. He denied being there at the time.

D. He denied that he wasn’t there at the time.

C.Make all the changes and additions necessary, to produce from the following sets of
words or phrases, sentences that together make a complete letter.

Dear Tom,

91.I / very happy / you / join our camping trip / weekend.

………
………..

92.I / sure / you / definitely enjoy.

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……….
93.Now / I / writing / tell you / get / my house.

………
………..

94.Well / when you / come / station / turn right.

………
………..

95.Then take / first left.

………
………

96.Keep / go straight ahead / about 100 yards / you see / national bank.

………
………..

97.Turn right / the bank / and it’s / sencond street / left.

………
……….

98.House / be / third / right.

………
………..

99.I / enclose / map / so that / you / follow / direction easily.

………
………

100.I / looking forward to / see you soon.

………
………

Cordially,
Peter

THE END
ĐÁP ÁN
1. B 11. C 21. B 31. B

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8. C 18. A 28. D 38. B
9. B 19. D 29. B 39. D

10. A 20. D 30. A 40. D
41. pollution 46. unforgetable
42. Environmentalists 47. friendship
43. knowledgeable 48. will have started
44. attentively 49. endangered

45. explainable 50. risky
51. A 56. D 61. D 66. C
52. D 57. C 62. C 67. A
53. B 58. B 63. A 68. B
54. C 59. A 64. D 69. B
55. A 60. B 65. C 70. D
71. biodiversity 76. fauna
72. species 77. mammals
73.vegetation 78. predator
74. flora 79. pheasant
75. plants 80. symbols

81. Thanks, but I’ve already eaten

82. This kind of food must be eaten as soon as it’s cooked
83. This is the earliest train

84. They can’t have been playing in this weather
85. Eva isn’t very interested in organized activities
86. D

87. B
88. C
89. A

90. C

91. I’m very happy that you can join our camping trip this weekend.
92. I’m sure that you will definitely enjoy it.

93. Now, I’m writing to tell you how to get to my house.
94. Well, when you come out of the station, turn right.
95. Then take the first left.

96. Keep going straight ahead for about 100 yards, then you will see the
national bank.

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98. My house is the third one on the right.

99. I enclose the map so that you can follow my direction easily.
100. I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.

2. ĐỀ SỐ 2

SECTION A. LISTENING (50pts)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU

- Bài nghe gồm 4 phần. Mỗi phần thí sinh được nghe 2 lần.
- Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh đã có trong bài nghe.

Part 1. For questions 1 – 5, listen to a radio news report about ‘Google’, a popular Internet
search engine and answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS taken from the
recording for each answer.

1. What way did Google rely on to market its product?

______________________________________________________________________
___

2. What position did Google achieve last week as the Internet search engine for America
Online?

______________________________________________________________________
___

3. What group of people was mentioned to favour Google as a search engine?

______________________________________________________________________
___

4. What verb is the word ‘google’ said to be replacing?

______________________________________________________________________
___

5. Who invented the original term ‘googol’?

______________________________________________________________________
___

Part 2. For questions 6 – 15, listen to a piece of news about future technology and complete the
following sentences. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER taken from
the recording in each space.

Strange-looking as they are, the robots can help to explore collapsed buildings for

6._________________________ efforts.

Flying robots, going airborne, help engineers inspect 7.___________________________
safely.

The robot goes and collects data; it is acting as 8._________________________ to the
inspector.

In the game Eyewire, players could help researchers by tracing brain neurons to create
9._________________________.

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They take the players’ input and use it to train 11.__________________________ to speed up
the process.

New technologies are also exploring our 12._________________________, as our limitations
aren’t just physical.

The technology they’re building doesn’t allow us to have 13._________________________ of
something really subjective like emotions.

Multi-sense tracks facial expressions and 14.__________________________ to help clinicians
diagnose mental illnesses such as depression or PTSD.

What clinicians need is more of a technology to be 15.___________________________ in the
real-time.

Part 3. For questions 16 – 20, listen to two nutritionists, Fay Wells and George Fisher,

discussing methods of food production and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which fits
best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes

provided.

16. Looking at reports on the subject of GM foods, Fay feels ____________.
A. pleased to read that the problem of food shortages is being addressed
B. surprised that the fears of the public are not allayed by them

C. frustrated by contradictory conclusions
D. critical of the scientists' methodology

17. What does George suggest about organic foods?

A. Consumers remain surprisingly poorly informed about them.
B. People need to check out the claims made about them.
C. They need to be made more attractive to meat-eaters.
D. They may become more widely affordable in future.
18. What is George's opinion of 'vertical farming'?

A. It could provide a realistic alternative to existing methods.
B. It's a highly impractical scheme dreamt up by architects.
C. It's unlikely to go much beyond the experimental stage.
D. It has the potential to reduce consumption of energy.

19. George and Fay agree that the use of nanotechnology in food production will
____________.

A. reduce the need for dietary supplements
B. simplify the process of food-labelling
C. complicate things for the consumer
D. introduce potential health risks

20. In Fay's view, returning to self-sufficiency is only an option for people who ____________.
A. have no need to get a return on their investment

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C. reject the values of a consumer society
D. already have sufficient set-up funds
Your answers:

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Part 4. For questions 21 – 25, listen to a radio discussion on technology in sport and decide
whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes provided.

21. Geoff thinks the use of cameras for refereeing decisions will add to the excitement of sport.
22. Sally enjoys the speed at which tennis is played nowadays.

23. Geoff suggests that if everyone has access to doping, then it should be acceptable.
24. Geoff says that certain banned practices should be made legal.

25. He feels that there are adequate restrictions on the use of technology in sport.
Your answers:

21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

SECTION B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points)

Part 1. For questions 1-20, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following
questions. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

1. Successful athletes cannot afford to be _________; they need to stay cool and focused.

A. highly-paid B. highly-motivated C. highly-trained D. highly-strung
2. Her excellent grades in college led _________ a high-paying job after graduation.

A. to get her B. in getting her C. to her getting D. her getting
3. - “Are you working late again tonight?”

- “Yes, I’ll be here _________ the report.”

A. until I finish B. since I’ve finished C. when I’ve finished D. by the time
I’ve finished

4. The kind of exercises you can do depends on your _________ of fitness.
A. stage B. level C. step D. phase

5. Aware that his pension will be small, he _________ a part of his salary for his old age.
A. sets apart B. sets aside C. puts up D. puts apart

6. I have no appetite and I am lethargic. I've been feeling under _________ for ages.
A pair B par C stress D threat

7. I think having a beer during a meeting with your boss is clearly _________ the mark.
A. overlooking B. overreaching C. overstepping D. overseeing
8. The new soap opera on Channel 3 _________ the depths in terms of tastelessness.

A plumbs B reaches C fills D achieves

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10. We must be sure to make the right decision because there is a lot at _________.
A. range B. stake C. chance D. expectation

11. His past behaviour had a definite _________ on what the judges decided.

A. bearing B. weight C. decision D. conclusion

12. If you are a student on a low budget you are probably _________ from paying tax.
A. except B. excluded C. exempt D. apart

13. The mailing list has done much to _________ the numbers of people attending.
A. lift B. encourage C. heighten D. boost

14. As was _________ predicted, the company has announced hundreds of job losses.
A. considerably B. widely C. substantially D. amply

15. She felt that travelling had greatly _________ her life.
A. moved B. enriched C. expanded D. increased

16. A study that’s just been published _________ our theory completely.
A. puts up B. holds up C. backs up D. takes up

17. I recommend reading the books _________, starting with the very first.
A. by accident B. at random C. in sequence D. on impact

18. If we have to pay a £1,000 fine, then ________. We’re not going to win a fight with the Tax
Office.

A. so be it B. be it so C. thus be it D. be it thus

19. He came into the room and sat down without _________ a word to anyone.
A. as far as B. too much of C. very much of D. so much as
20. The restaurant has _________ recently, and the food is much better now.

A. had its hands full B. lived hand to mouth C. changed hands D. gained the upper

hand

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Part 2. For questions 21-30, write the correct form of each bracketed word in the corresponding
numbered boxes provided. 0 has been done as an example.

FUSSY EATERS

If there is one thing that is likely to be (0. WORRY) ____________ for first-time parents, it is a
young child’s eating problems. Most of these parents’ worries, however, are (21.

FOUND)____________ since the incidence of children who do not enjoy their food is far more
(22. SPREAD)____________ than the majority imagine and the retention beyond (23.

CHILD)____________ of such problems to adolescence is (24. COMPARE)____________
rare.

There are, of course, cases which have perished into adulthood and those which appear to be
more than just a (25. PASS)____________ phase. In these cases, professional (26.

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Up to now, psychiatrists have (27. CATEGORY)____________ nine distinct types of eating
(28.ORDER)____________, each with its own particular treatment. The least serious of these is
selective eating, when the child displays his/her (29. WILL)____________ to try anything but a
narrow range of foods. This affects about 12% of three-year-olds but it rarely persists. The most
serious is persuasive refusal syndrome, which affects only a (30. HAND)____________ of

people and requires psychiatric supervision and treatment.

Your answers:
0. worrying

21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
SECTION C. READING (60 points)

Part 1. For questions 1 – 10, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

HYPERINFLATION

Inflation may be defined as either a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in
an economy over a period of time, or a fall in the value of money over time. 'Hyperinflation'
refers to extremely rapid or (1) ____________ of control inflation. Perhaps the most famous
example of hyperinflation in recent history is that which took (2) ____________ in Germany
after World War I. Between 1922 and 1923, prices in Germany increased (3) ____________ a
factor of 20 billion. Inflation was so out of control that prices rose not just by the day, but by the
hour and even minute. A loaf of bread cost just 463 marks in Germany in March 1923, but by
November that (4) ____________ year cost over 200,000,000,000 marks. The effect on society
was devastating. Because wages received in the morning would (5) ____________ worthless
by the afternoon, people spent their money as quickly as possible, buying any physical goods
they could get their hands (6) ____________ (whether they needed it or not) in a desperate
attempt to get rid of currency units (7) ____________ they lost value. This only had the effect of
stoking the fires of inflation further. Savings were wiped out overnight. People lived in constant
fear. Bartering and crime became the order (8) ____________ the day. Interestingly,

hyperinflation is not a rare event. Since Weimar Germany, there have been 29 additional

hyperinflations around the world, including those in Austria, Argentina, Greece and Brazil, to (9)
____________ but a few. On average, that's one every three years (10) ____________ so.
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2. For questions 11 – 20, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best
fits each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

THE BYGONE ERA

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away at work we will be able to take advantage of the time made available to us to engage in
more recreational activities. (19) ________ this time constructively will be a feat in itself.
Perhaps, a case of too much of a good thing. Things might just come to the point where, (20)
________ time to time, we will reminisce about the good old days.

11. A. rivalled B. dominated C. surpassed D. overtaken
12. A. virtually B. fully C. potentially D. greatly

13. A. perceive B. forecast C. divine D. enact
14. A. intrepid B. ultimate C. inherent D. unbridled
15. A. done B. happened C. made D. occurred
16. A. upper B. back C. first D. high
17. A. emulate B. devise C. substitute D. duplicate
18. A. beavering B. badgering C. hounding D. monkeying

19. A. Utilising B. Manipulating C. Operating D. Manoeuvring

20. A. at B. in C. for D. from

Your answers:

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Part 3. Read the following passage and answer the questions 21 – 30.
THE HISTORY OF A COOL IMAGE

A The history of sunglasses can be traced back to ancient Rome around the year AD 60,
where the Emperor Nero is said to have watched gladiator fights whilst holding up polished
emerald-green gems to his eyes, thus reducing the effect of the sun's glare. The very first actual
recorded evidence of the use of sunglasses can be found from a painting by Tommaso da
Modena in Italy, 1352, showing a person wearing sunglasses.

Earlier, around the twelfth century in China, sunglasses were worn by court judges, not to
protect their eyes from the sun, but in order to conceal any expressions in their eyes as it was
important to keep their thoughts and opinions secret until the end of each trial. These were flat
panes of quartz that had been polished smooth and then smoked to give their tint. It was not
until 1430 that prescription glasses were first developed in Italy to correct vision, and these
early rudimentary spectacles soon found their way to China, where they were again tinted by
smoke to be used by the judges. The frames were carved out of either ivory or tortoiseshell, and
some were quite ornate. During the 17th century, prescription glasses were being used in
England to help elderly long-sighted people to see better. The Spectacle Makers Company was
founded in England, which started manufacturing prescription glasses for the public and whose
motto was "A Blessing to the Aged".

B The development of sunglasses, however, remained static until the work of James
Ayscough, who was known for his work on microscopes in London around 1750. He

experimented with blue and green tinted lenses, believing they could help with certain vision
problems. These were not sunglasses, however, as he was not concerned with protecting the
eyes from the sun's rays.

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ceramic weights to the ends of the ribbons which dangled down behind the tops of the ears.
Solid sidepieces finally arrived in 1730, invented by Edward Scarlett.

C Sunglasses, as we know them today, were first introduced by Sam Foster in America,
1929. These were the first sunglasses designed specifically to protect people's eyes from the
harmful sun's rays. He founded the Foster Grant Company, and sold the first pair of Foster
Grant sunglasses on the boardwalk by the beaches in Atlantic City, New Jersey. These were
the first mass-produced sunglasses, and from this year onwards, sunglasses really began to
take off.

D In 1936, Edwin H Land patented the Polaroid filter for making polarized sunglasses. This
type of tint reduces glare reflected from surfaces, such as water. Later in that same year,
Ray-Ban took the design of pilots' sunglasses further by producing the aviator style sunglasses that
we know today, using this recently invented polarized lens technology. The edge of the frame
characteristically drooped away at the edges by the cheeks in a sort of tear drop shape, to give
a full all-round protection to the pilots' eyes, who regularly had to glance down towards the
aircraft's instrument panel. The polarized lens reduced the glare from light reflected off the
instrument panel. Pilots were given these sunglasses free of charge, but in 1937 the general
public were allowed to purchase this aviator-style model that "banned" the sun's rays as
Ray-Ban sunglasses.

E In 1960, Foster Grant started a big advertising campaign to promote sunglasses, and
pretty soon famous film stars and pop stars started wearing sunglasses as part of their image.
The public began to adopt this new fashion of wearing sunglasses, not just to protect their eyes
from bright light, but also as a way of looking good. Today, sunglasses are continuing to be
improved with efficient UV blocking tints, cutting out all the harmful ultra-violet light. Various

coloured tints are now available and, of course, the frame styles are very varied and exciting.
Now you can really make a statement with your fashion sunglasses, transforming your image or
creating a new one. Designer sunglasses have certainly come a long way in just a few years,
and now not only protect our eyes from the harmful sun's rays, but are also an important
fashion accessory - and it all started nearly 2,000 years ago with the Roman Emperor Nero!
For questions 21- 25, choose the correct heading for sections A-E. There are THREE extra
headings that you do not need to use. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

List of Headings

i New developments in sunglasses lenses
ii The use of sunglasses in early courts

iii How the physical shape of early sunglasses developed
iv The introduction of sidepieces on sunglasses

v The origins and early history of sunglasses
vi Ways in which sunglasses have become trendy
vii The arrival of modern sunglasses

viii Advertising campaigns for sunglasses
Your answers:

21. Section A ______ 23. Section C ______ 25. Section E ______
22. Section B ______ 24. Section D ______

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YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer.
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer.

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.

26. The earliest reference to sunglasses can be found in early Roman times.
27. Early Chinese sunglasses were worn to correct the wearer's eyesight.

28. The work of James Ayscough had a profound effect on the development of modern
lenses.

29. Prior to 1730, sidepieces on glasses were made of many different materials.
30. Sam Foster's sunglasses were the first to be made for a mass market.
Your answers:

26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Part 4. For questions 31 – 40, read an extract from an article on advertising and choose the
answer A, B, C or D which you think fits best according to the text. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.

ADVERTISING SHIFTS FOCUS

The average citizen is bombarded with TV commercials, posters and newspaper

advertisements wherever he goes. Not only this, but promotional material is constantly on view,
with every available public space from shop to petrol station covered with advertising of some
kind. People who are foolish enough to drive with their windows open are likely to have leaflets
advertising everything and anything thrust in at them. The amount of advertising to which we
are exposed is phenomenal, yet advertisers are being hurt by their industry's worst recession in
a decade and a conviction that is in many respects more frightening than the booms and busts
of capitalism: the belief that advertising can go no further. Despite the ingenuity of the

advertisers, who, in their need to make their advertisements as visually attractive as possible,

often totally obscure the message, the consumer has become increasingly cynical and simply
blanks out all but the subtlest messages. The advertising industry has therefore turned to a
more vulnerable target: the young.

The messages specifically aimed at children are for toys and games - whose promotional
budgets increased fivefold in the 1990s - and fast food, which dominates the children's

advertising market. Advertisers acknowledge that the commercial pressures of the 1990s had
an extraordinary effect on childhood: it is now generally believed that the cut-off point for buying
toys has been falling by one year every five years. Research, suggests that while not so many
years ago children were happy with Lego or similar construction games at ten or eleven, most
of today's children abandon them at six or seven. In effect, the result is the premature ageing of
children.

There is nowhere where the advertising industry's latest preoccupation with the young is so
evident as in schools. Increasingly low budgets have left schools vulnerable to corporate
funding and sponsorship schemes in order to provide much needed equipment, such as

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be a purely philanthropic gesture on the part of the companies concerned, the other side of the
coin is a pervasive commercial presence in the classroom, where textbooks and resource
books are increasingly likely to bear a company logo.

This marked shift in advertising perceptions also means that a great deal of supposedly adult
advertising has an infantile appeal, inasmuch as adult products can be presented within an
anecdote or narrative, thus making the message more accessible to young teenagers and
smaller children. Children obviously cannot buy these things for themselves; what is behind
these advertisements is more subtle. Advertisers have come to recognize that if children can
successfully pester their parents to buy them the latest line in trainers, then they can also
influence their parent's choice of car or credit card, and so children become an advertising tool
in themselves.

There are many, on all sides of the ideological spectrum, who would argue that advertising has
little influence on children, who are exposed to such a huge variety of visual images that

advertisements simply become lost in the crowd. Rather, they would argue that it is the

indulgent parents, who do not wish their children to lack for anything, who boost sales figures.
While there may be a great deal of truth in this, it would seem that to deny that advertising
influences at all because there is so much of it, while accepting that other aspects of life do
have an effect, is a little disingenuous. In fact, the advertising industry itself admits that since
peer pressure plays such an important role in children's lives, they are not difficult to persuade.
And of course, their minds are not yet subject to the advertising overload their parents suffer
from. The question that arises is whether indeed, we as a society can accept that children, far
from being in some sense protected from the myriad of pressures, decisions and choices which
impinge on an adult's life, should now be exposed to this influence in all aspects of their lives, in
ways that we as adults have no control over. Or do we take the attitude that, as with everything
else from crossing city streets to the intense competition of the modern world, children will have
to learn to cope, so the sooner they are exposed the better?

31. What does the writer say about advertising in the first paragraph?
A. Capitalism has led to the demise of advertising.

B. We should have a cynical view of advertisers.
C. Advertising is facing new challenges these days.
D. The industry has run out of new ideas.

32. The bombardment of advertisements has led to ________.
A. children taking more notice of them

B. greater difficulty in attracting consumers' attention

C. more appealing advertisements

D. people being less likely to spend money

33. How have children changed during the past decade?
A. They have become consumers.

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D. They are not playing as much.

34. Which of the following square brackets [A], [B], [C], or [D] best indicates where in the
paragraph the sentence “However, the main thrust of advertising in this area is no longer
towards traditional children's products.” can be inserted?

[A] The messages specifically aimed at children are for toys and games - whose promotional
budgets increased fivefold in the 1990s - and fast food, which dominates the children's
advertising market. [B] Advertisers acknowledge that the commercial pressures of the 1990s
had an extraordinary effect on childhood: it is now generally believed that the cut-off point for
buying toys has been falling by one year every five years. [C] Research, suggests that while not
so many years ago children were happy with Lego or similar construction games at ten or
eleven, most of today's children abandon them at six or seven. In effect, the result is the
premature ageing of children. [D]

A. [A] B. [B] C. [C] D. [D]

35. Which of the following sentences best expresses the meaning of the underlined sentence in
paragraph 3?

A. The advertising industry's latest obsession with young people is rather obvious in
schools.

B. Nowhere else can we see the advertising industry's latest products for the young as
in schools.

C. Schools are places where the advertising industry's latest concern with youngsters is
the least obvious.

D. It is in schools that the advertising industry's latest concern with youngsters is the
most clearly seen.

36. What does the writer imply in the third paragraph?

A. Advertising agencies need to preserve their reputations.
B. Schools welcome aid from big business.

C. There are restrictions on how financial aid may be used.
D. Companies expect nothing in return for their help.
37. How have children changed the face of advertising?

A. Children are influencing the purchases of adult products.
B. They are now the advertising industry's sole market.
C. More products have to be sold to children.

D. Children have become more selective in their choices.
38. The word “who” in the last paragraph refers to ________.

A. many people B. the crowd C. parents D. children
39. What does the writer suggest in the last paragraph?

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40. In the text as a whole, the writer's purpose is to ________.
A. explain the inspiration for advertisements

B. expose the exploitation of children

C. deter parents from giving in to advertisers
D. prevent advertisers from infiltrating schools
Your answers:

31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Part 5. The passage below consists of five paragraphs marked A, B, C, D and E. For questions
41-50, read the passage and do the task that follows. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes provided. Each letter may be used more than once.

SEEKING SOCRATES

It may be more than 2,400 years since his death, but the Greek philosopher can still teach us a
thing or two about leading ‘the good life’. Bettany Hughes digs deeper.

A Sharing breakfast with an award-winning author in an Edinburgh hotel a few years back,
the conversation came round to what I was writing next. 'A book on Socrates,' I mumbled
through my muesli. 'Socrates!' he exclaimed. 'What a brilliant doughnut subject. Really rich and
succulent with a great hole in the middle where the central character should be.' I felt my smile
fade because, of course, he was right. Socrates, the Greek philosopher, might be one of the
most famous thinkers of all time, but, as far as we know, he wrote not a single word down. Born
in Athens in 469BC, condemned to death by a democratic Athenian court in 399BC, Socrates
philosophized freely for close on half a century. Then he was found guilty of corrupting the
young and of disrespecting the city's traditional gods. His punishment? Lethal hemlock poison
in a small prison cell. We don't have Socrates' personal archive; and we don't even know where
he was buried. So, for many, he has come to seem aloof and nebulous – a daunting intellectual
figure – always just out of reach.

B But that is a crying shame. Put simply, we think the way we do because Socrates
thought the way he did. His famous aphorism, 'the unexamined life is not worth living', is a
central tenet for modern times. His philosophies 24 centuries old - are also remarkably relevant
today. Socrates was acutely aware of the dangers of excess and overindulgence. He berated
his peers for a selfish pursuit of material gain. He questioned the value of going to fight under
an ideological banner of 'democracy'. What is the point of city walls, warships and glittering
statues, he asked, if we are not happy? The pursuit of happiness is one of the political pillars of
the West. We are entering what has been described as 'an age of empathy'. So Socrates'
forensic, practical investigation of how to lead 'the good life' is more illuminating, more
necessary than ever.

C Rather than being some kind of remote, tunic-clad beardy who wandered around

classical columns, Socrates was a man of the streets. The philosopher tore through Athens like
a tornado, drinking, partying, sweating in the gym as hard as, if not harder than the next man.
For him, philosophy was essential to human life. His mission: to find the best way to live on
earth. As Cicero, the Roman author, perceptively put it: 'Socrates brought philosophy down
from the skies.' And so to try to put him back on to the streets he loved and where his

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D The street jargon used to describe the Athens of Socrates' day gives us a sense of its
character. His hometown was known as 'sleek', 'oily', 'violet crowned', 'busybody' Athens. Lead
curse tablets left in drains, scribbled down by those in the world's first true democracy, show
that however progressive fifth-century Athenians were, their radical political experiment -
allowing the demos (the people) to have kratos (power) did not do away with personal rivalries
and grudges. Far from it. In fact, in the city where every full citizen was a potent politician,
backbiting and cliquery came to take on epic proportions. By the time of his death, Socrates
was caught up in this crossfire.

E His life story is a reminder that the word 'democracy' is not a magic wand. It does not

automatically vaporize all ills. This was Socrates' beef, too – a society can only be good not
because of the powerful words it bandies around, but thanks to the moral backbone of each and
every individual within it. But Athenians became greedy, they overreached themselves, and
lived to see their city walls torn down by their Spartan enemies, and their radical democracy
democratically voted out of existence. The city state needed someone to blame. High-profile,
maddening, eccentric, freethinking, free-speaking Socrates was a good target. Socrates seems
to me to be democracy's scapegoat. He was condemned because, in fragile times, anxious
political masses want certainties – not the eternal questions that Socrates asked of the world
around him.

In which paragraph is each of the following mentioned? Your
answers:

relationships between people in Socrates' time 41.______
the continuing importance of Socrates' beliefs 42.______

the writer's theory concerning what happened to Socrates 43.______
why little is known about Socrates as a man 44.______

how the writer set about getting information relevant to Socrates 45.______
the difference between common perceptions of Socrates and what he was really like

46.______

an aim that Socrates was critical of 47.______

the realization that finding out about Socrates was a difficult task 48.______
how well known Socrates was during his time 49.______

an issue that Socrates considered in great detail 50.______

SECTION D. WRITING (60 points)

Part 1. Read the following passage and use your own words to summarise it. Your summary
should be between 100 and 120 words long.

Today, the majority of the world's population may not be vegetarians, but vegetarianism is
rapidly gaining popularity. People who decide to become vegetarians generally have very
strong feelings about the issue and may choose a vegetarian diet for different reasons. Health
issues, awareness of environmental problems and moral issues are three common arguments
in favour of vegetarianism that are quite convincing.

Many non-vegetarians claim that a vegetarian diet does not give a person the necessary
vitamins and proteins that their body needs. However, doctors and medical associations say
that a vegetarian diet is able to satisfy the nutritional needs of people of all ages. All the

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in dairy products. Eating meat may be an easy way to get the protein one needs, but it is not
the only way.

Vegetarians also argue that the meat industry is the source of many environmental problems
that could be eliminated if people ate less meat or even stopped eating it altogether. Raising
livestock for the meat industry takes a huge toll on the world's natural resources; for example
forests are cut down to clear land for crops to feed livestock or for pastureland. This in turn
leads to an increase in global warming, loss of topsoil and loss of plant and animal life.

Finally, many people refrain from eating meat for ethical reasons. They object to taking the life
of another living creature in order to satisfy their hunger. Moreover, they argue that we inflict
great pain and suffering on animals that are raised for meat. Poultry and livestock raised on
factory farms are kept under abominable conditions, confined in areas that hardly allow them to
move, fed with antibiotics and, in the end, they are cruelly slaughtered.

Becoming a vegetarian might not appeal to everyone, but it is a choice that is gaining popularity
as our awareness of health and environmental issues as well as our concern for animal welfare
is growing. It is also becoming more feasible as restaurants and supermarkets increasingly
cater for the vegetarian market.

Part 2. The pie charts below show the expenditure of two technology companies of similar size
in the UK in 2012.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant. You should write about 150 words.

Part 3. Write an essay of 350 words on the following topic.

Drug addiction is becoming an increasing problem. In order to reduce this problem, anyone
caught using drugs should be automatically sentenced to time in prison.

Do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and
experience.

ĐÁP ÁN
SECTION A: LISTENING ( 50pts)

Part 1: (2 x 5= 10 points)
1. (by) word of mouth

2. world largest service provider / the world's largest service provider
3. academics

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5. A mathematician’s nephew / An American mathematician’s nephew / A nine-year-old boy /
A nephew of a mathematician

Part 2: (2 x 10= 20 points)

6. search(-)and(-)rescue 7. bridges and dams
8. (the) apprentice 9. (a) giant roadmap

10. 10,000 active users 11. (an) artificial intelligence
12. psyches 13. objective measures

14. nonverbal cues 15. multi-sense / multisense
Part 3: (2 x 5= 10 points)

Answers:

16. C 17. D 18. A 19. C 20. B
Part 4: (2 x 5= 10 points)

Answers:

21. T 22. F 23. F 24. F 25. T
SECTION B: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points)
Part 1: (1 x 20= 20 points)

Answers:

1. D 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. B
11. A 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. B 16. C 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. C
Part 2: (1 x 10= 10 points)

Answers

21. unfounded 22. widespread 23. childhood 24. comparatively 25. passing
26. guidance 27. categorized / categorised 28. disorders 29. unwillingness 30. handful
SECTION C: READING (60 points)

Part 1: (1.5 x 10= 15 points)
Answers:

1. out 2. place 3. by 4. same 5. be / become
6. on 7. before 8. of 9. name 10. or

Part 2: (1 x 10= 10 points)
Answers:

11. B 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. C 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. A 20. D
Part 3: (1 x 10= 10 points)

Answers:

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Answers:

31. C 32. B 33. B 34. B 35. D 36. B 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. B
Part 5: (1.5 x 10= 15 points)

Answers:

41. D 42. B 43. E 44. A 45. C 46. C 47. B 48. A 49. E 50. B
SECTION D: WRITING (60 points)

Part 1: Read the following passage and use your own words to summarise it. Your summary
should be between 100 and 120 words long.

Contents (10 points)

- The summary MUST cover the following points:
• The increasing popularity of vegetarianism today

• The three reasons why people choose a vegetarian diet (health issues (claim by
non-vegetarians vs doctors and medical experts’ ideas); awareness of environmental problems (less
or no meat = fewer environmental problems); and moral issues (It’s unfair to raise animals in
bad conditions and then kill them for meat to feed humans.)

- The summary MUST NOT contain personal opinions.
Language use (5 points)

The summary should:

- show attempts to convey the main ideas of the original text by means of paraphrasing
(structural and lexical use),

- demonstrate correct use of grammatical structures, vocabulary, and mechanics (spelling,
punctuations,...),

- maintain coherence, cohesion, and unity throughout (by means of linkers and transitional
devices).

Penalties

- A penalty of 1 point to 2 points will be given to personal opinions found in the summary.
- A penalty of 1 point to 2 points will be given to any summary with more than 30% of
words copied from the original.

- A penalty of 1 point will be given to any summary longer than 130 words or shorter than
90 words.

Part 2: The pie charts below show the expenditure of two technology companies of similar size
in the UK in 2012.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

Contents (10 points)

- The report MUST cover the following points:

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• Describe main features with relevant data from the charts and make relevant
comparisons

(6 points)

- The report MUST NOT contain personal opinions. (A penalty of 1 point to 2 points will be
given to personal opinions found in the answer.)

Language use (5 points)
The report should:

- demonstrate a wide variety of lexical and grammatical structures, have correct use of
words (verb tenses, word forms, voice,…); and mechanics (spelling, punctuations,...).

Part 3: Write a composition of about 350 words on the following topic:

Drug addiction is becoming an increasing problem. In order to reduce this problem, anyone
caught using drugs should be automatically sentenced to time in prison.

Do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and
experience.

The mark given to part 3 is based on the following criteria:
1. Task achievement/ fulfillment (10 points)

a. All requirements of the task are sufficiently addressed.

b. Ideas are adequately supported and elaborated with relevant and reliable explanations,
examples, evidence, personal experience, etc.

2. Organization (10 points)

a. Ideas are well organized and presented with coherence, cohesion, and unity.
b. The essay is well-structured:

• Introduction is presented with a clear thesis statement introducing the points to be
developed.

• Body paragraphs develop the points introduced with unity, coherence, and cohesion.
Each body paragraph must have a topic sentence and supporting details and examples when
necessary.

• Conclusion summarises the main points and states personal opinions (prediction,
recommendation, consideration,…) on the issue.

3. Language use (5 points)

a. Demonstration of a variety of topic-related vocabulary
b. Excellent use and control of grammatical structures
4. Punctuation, spelling, and handwriting (5 points)
a. Correct punctuation and no spelling mistakes
b. Legible handwriting

Markers should discuss the suggested answers and the marking scale thoroughly before
marking the papers.

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Part 1: You will hear a radio news report about ‘Google’, a popular Internet search engine. For
questions 1 – 5, answer the questions. Use NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each answer.
Presenter: Internet browsing is not conceivable without search engines – the various web
pages which help us find our way around the stupendous amount of cyber-locations in the
World- Wide Web. And, since the early nineties, hundreds of search engines have come and
gone. One, however, has achieved a kind of success that even New-Tech giants Microsoft are
envious of: its name has become synonymous with the verb “search”. Anna Mills has the report.
Woman: He may seem the most powerful man on the planet, but Bill Gates has not yet

managed the ultimate achievement in the New Technology industry: turning a product into a
common word. The first such honour is falling to Google, the Internet search engine devised by
two Stanford PhD nerds, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The success of Google has come about
through the most timeless form of marketing: word of mouth. The site has for some time been
the default tool for millions of people looking for anything they want to find online, from obscure

quotations to brass lamps. And there are increasing signs that the business is growing a
commercial sharpness to match the blade it uses to cut through Internet junk. Last week,
Google secured a place as the Internet search engine for America Online, the world's largest
service provider, capping its stealthy rise to the top.

But its success stretches far beyond the world of the Internet. In these dog days of the long
university summer break, I was up in the nearly deserted university library when I heard one
professor say to another, "Me, I'm just googling around". I knew what he meant. It wasn't that he
was totally idle, but he wasn't really engaged in sharply focused research, either. He was

following leads from one source to another, happily wandering through the archive, not knowing
quite what he would find next.

Google – the search engine favoured by most academics – seems destined to be one of those
proprietory labels that becomes a word, a brand (like Hoover) that loses its initial capital letter.
And the word itself is, slowly but surely, replacing the verb "to browse", the paper-based
metaphor that electronic catalogues use, as if you were fingering the spines at some

antiquarian bookstall. "Googling" is a different kind of sampling, coming across relevant findings
amongst an impossibly huge amount of information.

The company name is a corruption of "googol", spelt g- double o-g-o-l, the word apparently
coined by the nine-year-old nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner to refer to the
number represented by one followed by 100 zeros, back in the 1940s. Little did he know that in
the early 21st century, the use of the term would become so commonplace amongst academics
and laymen alike.

Part 2: You will hear a piece of news on future technology. Listen and complete the sentences.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER in each space.

P = Presenter, M = Man, W = Woman

Future Combines Human and Machine intelligence ….

P: Believe it or not these strange-looking robots are really you. Well, more like an extension
of you.

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W: We see that the robot acting as the apprentice to the inspector and the inspector tells the
robot to go and collect data.

P: For scientists at the recent frontiers conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the future
combines human intelligence with machine intelligence. Eyewire is a game where players trace
brain neurons to create a giant roadmap that could help researchers.

M: The human brain has 85 billion neurons and with 10,000 active users we trace maybe
one to two neurons a day. We're gonna be here a long time which is why we take the players’
input and we use it to train an artificial intelligence so that we can speed up that process.
P: And since human limitations aren't just physical, new technologies are also exploring our
psyches.

M: We're not building technology that allows us to have objective measures of something
that can be really subjective: emotions.

P: Multi-sense tracks facial expressions and nonverbal cues to help clinicians diagnosed
mental illnesses such as depression or PTSD.

M: They already have the knowledge of medical knowledge; what they need is more of a
technology to be multi-sense in the real-time, these behaviors.

P: Technologies that have your back, physically and mentally, it's the next frontier.

Tina Terran VOA news Pittsburgh

Part 3: You will hear two nutritionists, Fay Wells and George Fisher, discussing methods of
food production. For questions 16 – 20, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best
according to what you hear.

M1 = Presenter, M2 = George, F = Fay

M1: Food, we might say, is always on our minds! Here today in the studio we have

nutritionists Fay Wells and George Fisher, who’ll be talking about methods of food cultivation
and related issues that concern us all. Fay, let’s kick off with the ‘hot potato’ of the day,
genetically-modified foods.

F: Yes, you do hear a lot of hype from certain quarters on this topic. But let’s face it, public
concern isn’t helped by the fact that the various scientific reports available seem to leave you
none the wiser. On the one hand, you’ve got a group that’s finding GM foods to be quite safe
and actually applaud them as a way of dealing with food shortages in certain countries. Then,
there’s another view that condemns them as potentially dangerous to health and insufficiently
trialled; whilst at the same time pointing out, quite reasonably by the way, that the use of GM
crops hasn’t actually made a dramatic difference to levels of food production worldwide. In my
view, it’s high time that science spoke with one voice on this issue.

M1: So, George, are organic foods the safest option then?

M2: Well, people are horrified to hear the level of herbicide and pesticide residues that
remains in fruit and vegetables, even after they’ve been carefully washed, because they go
straight into our system. Organic foods are one way round that. They don’t come cheap though,
so it’s not currently an option for low income groups, although that could come if mass

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M1: So what else is new on the food production front?

M2: Well, there’s a movement afoot in the direction of something called ‘vertical farming.’ It’s
an attempt, as the name suggests, to make use of vertical, mainly citycentre, space. Architects
have designed skyscrapers filled with orchards and fields that have the potential to produce
crops all the year round! The only drawback, as things stand at the moment, would be the
prohibitive cost of the artificial lighting required! I know the idea sounds a bit farfetched – pie in
the sky, we might say! – but it’s not impossible that this vision might become a reality one day.
Already, urban rooftop farming is being developed, plus some special greenhouses containing
multiple racks of vegetables are in use in various parts of the world.

F: Another development, which sounds a bit spooky to me, is that of using nanotechnology
in this area. Basically we’re talking here about ‘atomically-modified’ foods containing invisibly
small additives. Some nano-scale additives and pesticides are already on the market and this
looks as if it might change the face of the large-scale food industry. To me, it seems like it will
confuse the picture even more as regards what we’re putting in our stomachs! What will be
classified as ingredients?

M2: Yes, you’re not wrong there. I believe some dietary supplements are also being
manufactured using nanotechnology. Personally, I think that if people follow a reasonably
healthy, well-balanced diet, they don’t really need to take extra vitamins – certainly not on a
long-term basis, anyway.

M1: So where would you stand on all this, Fay?

F: Actually, I’m just wondering whether people might not just react against all these
developments and, to be on the safe side, go back to more traditional forms of selfsufficiency!
I’m feeling quite tempted, myself, to go and buy a goat and a few chickens and start planting
lots of vegetables! In fact, I’ve been doing some personal research into this area and I’ve picked
up a few valuable ideas. Like, if you set up a self-sufficient smallholding or farm, you’ve got to

be prepared to deal with an incredible barrage of rules and red tape, and you’ve no choice but
to toe the line. Secondly, organic horticulture on a large scale needs quite a bit of investment.
Though, of course, you can simply concentrate your energies on cultivating enough crops for
your own use.

Part 4: You will hear a radio discussion on technology in sport. Decide which of the following
statements are true and which are false. For questions 6 – 10, write T for true and F for false in
the space provided.

P = Presenter GW = Geoff Winning SP = Sally Plumtree

P: Now, let’s pick up on one or two of those points you made there. Interestingly, you both
mentioned the role of technology in decision-making during football and tennis matches. Sally
said it reduces the spectator’s enjoyment. Would you agree with that, Geoff?

GW: Not at all, no. I’m absolutely certain that the cameras will only serve to heighten interest,
to intensify the drama and the tension. And we’ll still see the same displays of passion and
anger from competitors – but they’ll be directed more at themselves rather than at the referee or
the umpire.

SP: Hmm, they’ll certainly be good for match officials, but I really cannot see that they’ll make
a game more exciting. Anyway, I think there are other reasons why tennis in particular no longer
captivates spectators like it used to. And it’s all down to technology.

P: In what way?

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there aren’t so many of those rallies now, and there’s a lot more dead time without any action,
time when nothing’s happening. And as a spectator, I find that dull.

Gw: Maybe, but the oversize racket makes it easier to hit the ball, and that can only be a

good thing for amateur players – let’s not forget them.

P: OK. Some interesting points there. Geoff, let’s go back to what you said about
technology helping us to push out the boundaries of human achievement. Are all forms of
technology acceptable in your book?

GW: Yes, I think if everyone has access to the same equipment, then virtually any
technological innovation is acceptable.

SP: Oh right. So presumably then, doping is acceptable, as long as everyone has access to
it. That’s brilliant.

GW: I’m not suggesting that at all. That should be obvious. There is no way we can justify the
use of performance-enhancing drugs or any kind of interference with our blood or genetic
make-up. These practices are not permitted by sporting authorities, and for good reason. There
are moral issues involved here, quite apart from the legal aspects and the potential dangers to
our health.

P: Yes, you did use the word equipment, perhaps we should emphasise that.

GW: That’s right. And its use has to be standardized by the relevant sporting authority. A good
example of this is in the sport of cycling. Radical new designs in the 1980s and 90s meant that
previous records were being smashed beyond recognition. The International Cycling Federation
felt these so-called ‘superbikes’ were having too much influence on the sport and their huge
cost gave richer countries an unfair advantage. So consequently they were banned from certain
competitions such as the Olympics or the world hour record. It just shows that there are controls
on the use of technology and we should feel safe in that knowledge.

P: Anything to say on that, Sally?

SP: Well, I’m pleased the Federation saw sense in the end, but I just think the whole episode
highlights the uneasy relationship that exists ...

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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
Question 1. A. psychiatrist B. psychiatric C. psychics D. psyching

Question 2. A. wicked B. learned C. hatred D. cooked
Question 3. A. foot B. shoot C. cook D. wool

Question 4: A. mechanics B. choir C. chimney D. archivist
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others.
Question 5. A. marvellous B. solidify C. catalogue D. infrastructure
Question 6. A. magazine B. Japanese C. document D. necessarily
Question 7: A. historical B. librarian C. entertain D. phenomenon
Question 8: A. marine B. machine C. malign D. engine

Choose the best options to complete the following sentences

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Question 10. He did not share his secrets with many people, but he__________ in her.
A. confessed B. concealed C. consented D. confided

Question 11. Give me your telephone number ……I need your help.
A. in case B. so that C. unless D. whether

Question 12. Why didn’t you ask for help, ………to do it on your own ?
A. in view of trying B. nowhere near trying C. rather than trying D. far from trying

Question 13. …………..with her boyfriend yesterday, she doesn’t want to answer his phone call.

A. Because of her quarreled B. Having quarreled

C. Because having quarreled D. Quarreled

Question 14. It goes ………saying that you’ll be paid for all this extra time you’re spending
on the project.

A. for B. like C. with D. without

Question 15. Her health has improved in………

A. odds and ends B. leaps and bounds C. sick and tired D. trial and error
Question 16. I caught the last bus by the skin of my……….

A. mouth B. teeth C. neck D. leg

Question 17. There is no point in telephoning him. He’s certain……….by now.
A. to leave B. left C. to have left D. having left

Question 18. Sometimes a postman……some terrible handwriting and didn’t know where the
letter should go.

A. ran up against B. ran up with C. ran without D. ran away with

Question 19. I won’t pay 80 dollars for the coat. It is not worth………
A. all that much B. that all much C. much that all D. that much all

Question 20. Because we hadn’t seen each other for ages, we sat………….for hours.
A. to have talked B. to have been talking C. talking D. to be talked

Question 21. The young lady was the…………of his father.
A. image B. likeness C. picture D. portrait

Question 22. Would you be………..?

A. kind enough in order to answer the phone for me. B. so kind as to answer the phone for me
C. too kind to answer the phone for me D. that too kind and answer the phone for me

Question 23. ………….., I could attend the conference now.

A. Were the flight to have taken off on time B. Were it not for the abrupt delay

C. Were the flight not have been postponed at last minutes D. Were it to be a punctual flight.
Question 24. It must be true. I heard it straight from the……….mouth.

A. dog’s B. horse’s C. camel’s D. cat’s

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A. springboard B. melting-point C. milestone D. highway
Question 26. That is (a/an)………

A. yellow small beautiful Chinese gold jewellery box
B. beautiful small yellow Chinese gold jewellery box
C. beautiful small yellow Chinese gold box jewellery
D. small beautiful yellow gold Chinese jewellery box

Question 27 You should……….at least three days for the journey.
A. expect B. permit C. accept D. allow

Question 28. It was too late to…….of the contract.
A. back away B. back down C. back out D. back up

Question 29. This information……….to a great many people.
A. was proved to be useful B. has proved it useful

C. has been proved to be useful D. has proved useful

Question 30. Of all the economically important plants, palms, have been………
A. the least studied B. studied the least

C. study less and less D. studied the less

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning
to the

underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 31: Mary was exactly the same as everybody else but this particular night she wanted
to let her hair down.

A. comb her hair B. wash her hair C. really enjoy herself D. really comb her hair
Question 32: They believe that judges are too lenient with terrorist suspects.
A. flaccid B. severe C. strong D. sympathetic

Question 33: Our new house is modern but there is not enough room to swing a cat.
A. no playground for cats B. very small

C. no space for children D. no room to keep cats

Question 34. The increase in sales at the end of the year proved to be a false dawn.
A. dubious profit B. imminent success C. wished-for thing D. possible failure

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the

underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 35: She luxuriated in the sensuous feel of the silk sheets.
A. imaginary B. heavenly C. spiritual D. ephemeral

Question 36. Our farmland was very adjacent to the river, which is quite an advantage,
especially in the dry season.

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Question 37: The economy has shuddered to a halt because of the civil war.

A. stopped suddenly B. gone to the moon C. lingered to success D. been flying high

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of

the followingexchanges.

Question 38: Cynthia: “Hi, Victor. Do you think it’s possible for us to have a talk sometime
today?"

Victor: “I’d love to, but ."

A. it's pretty tight schedule today. B. I'm pretty tight schedule today.

C. it has a pretty tight schedule today. D. I’ve got a pretty tight schedule today.
Question 39: John: “What time did the meeting end?'' Laura: “ ."

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A. As soon as possible. B. For half an hour. C. In a minute. D. Just before lunch
Question 40: - “I’ve got some amazing news.”

- “ ………”

A. That’ll teach you. B. Get a life!

C. Fire away, I’m all ears. D. No way! You’re pulling my leg!

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 41. You mustn’t wear your best clothes. You can wear whatever you like.

Question 42: Jim Thorpe, a football, track, and baseball stars from Pennsylvania, is considered
by many to be the greatest all-around athlete of modern times.

Question 43. The cultural heritage of the Louisiana Cajuns was origin based on that of the
Acadians of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada.

Question 44. Cattle egrets follow herds of cattle or other grazing animals to food on insects
stirred up by the bigger animals.

Question 45. In an adult human, the skin weighs about seven pounds and covers it about
thirty-six square feet.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest
in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 46: You could not have made a very good impression on them.
A. Something appears to have made them think you are unsuitable.

B. It‘s impossible that the effect you made on them was particularly positive.
C. You should have tried harder to make them think well of you.

D. You seem to have impressed them very unfavourably.

Question 47: My boy was just not strong enough to have caused so much damage.
A. My boy, though quite strong, caused little damage himself.

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C. My boy wasn‘t strong, but he caused great damage.
D. Someone else, not my boy, caused the damage.

Question 48. The violence might have been provoked by the fans of the visiting team.
A. It could have been the visiting team’s supporters that set off the violence.

B. There may have been some violence caused by the visiting team’s fans.
C. The supporters of the visiting team were probably provoked into being violent.
D. The supporters of the visiting team were the people who began the violence.

Question 49. I ended up being punctual for the meeting despite having missed the ferry.
A. I surely would have got to the meeting on time had I only been able to catch the ferry.
B. I would rather have taken the ferry, but nonetheless I managed to make it on time to the
meeting.

C. It wasn’t actually my missing the ferry that resulted in my not arriving punctually at the

meeting.

D. Though I didn’t manage to catch the ferry, I still arrived on time for the meeting.
Question 50. It is open to question as to whether Jane will get the job.

A. The question is whether Jane will get the job or not.
B. It is not certain that Jane will get the job.

C. Jane is being interviewed for the job.

D. If Jane could answer the question, she would get the job.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best
combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 51: This man posted a lot of documents onto this educational website. Most of them
were plagiarized from others.

A. Onto this educational website did this man post a lot of documents, most of which were
plagiarized from others.

B. Most of the documents this man posted onto this educational website he plagiarized from
others.

C. Onto this educational website, this man posted a lot of documents, most of which he
plagiarized from others.

D. This man plagiarized most of the documents he posted onto this educational website.

Question 52: The student works part-time at a big restaurant. He also paints pictures to earn for

living.

A. Apart from works part-time at a bid restaurant, the student also paints pictures to earn for
living.

B. In addition working part-time at a big restaurant, the student also paints pictures to earn for
living.

C. Besides working part-time at a big restaurant, the student also paints pictures to earn for
living.

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Question 53: Soccer is not my favourite sport. Dad is infatuated with it.
A. Neither Dad nor I like soccer.

B. Soccer is not my favourite sport so Dad is infatuated with it.

C. Because soccer is not my favourite sport, Dad is infatuated with it.
D. Although Dad is infatuated with soccer, it is not my favourite sport.

Question 54. He was successful because he was determined to pursue personal goals. He was
not talented

A. In addition to his determination, his talent ensured his success in pursuing his goals.
B. His determination to pursue personal goals made him successful and talented.

C. It was his determination to pursue personal goals, not talent, that contributed to his success.
D. His success lay in his natural ability, not in his determination to pursue personal goals
Question 55. She looked through the hotel advertisements. She stopped only when taking a
fancy to one piece.

A. She stopped looking through the hotel advertisements only when she had found another
piece.

B. She took so great a fancy to the hotel advertisements that she could not stop reading them.
C. Only when one of the hotel advertisements caught her fancy did she stop reading them .
D. She found the hotel advertisements so interesting that she could hardly turn away from them.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word or phases that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 56 to
60.

After my multilingual English class talked excitedly about the board game Monopoly recently, I
searched on the Internet. To my surprise, I found several sites (56)... the use of Monopoly in
the classroom, to teach accounting, economics and even sociology. And therein (57)... the
secret of the game's success, according to some teaching experts. There are important lessons
to be learnt from it (58)... changes in the game over the years, its guiding (59)... remains
the same - to become the richest player through buying, selling and renting property. However,
it doesn't embrace the 'get-rich-quick' philosophy; far from it. The experts say it teaches us how
to stay rich, by investing prudently And that idea appeals to people the world over,(60)... of
nationality, age or gender Monopoly makes players think about how to make money work for
them. So, if you're wondering how to teach your children about finance, you could do a lot more
than introduce them to this game.

Question 56: A. counselling B. advocating C. sponsoring D. arguing
Question 57: A. stays B. lies C. puts D. falls

Question 58: A. Despite B. However C. Nevertheless D. Although
Question 59: A. thought B. principle C. notion D. perception

Question 60: A. regardless B. dismissive C. thoughtless D. notwithstanding

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

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Stimulated emission is different because it occurs when an atom or molecule holding onto
excess energy has been stimulated to emit it as light. Albert Einstein was the first to suggest the
existence of stimulated emission in a paper published in 1917. However, for many years,

physicists thought that atoms and molecules always were much more likely to emit light

spontaneously and that stimulated emission thus always would be much weaker. It was not until
after the Second World War that physicists began trying to make stimulated emission dominate.
They sought ways by which one atom or molecule could stimulate many others to emit light,
amplifying it to much higher powers. The first to succeed was Charles H. Townes, then at
Columbia University in New York. Instead of working with light, however, he worked with
microwaves, which have a much longer wavelength, and built a device he called a “maser”, for
Microwave Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Although he thought of the
key idea in 1951, the first maser was not completed until a couple of years later. Before long,
many other physicists were building masers and trying to discover how to produce stimulated
emission at even shorter wavelengths. The key concepts emerged about 1957. Townes and
Arthur Schawlow, then at Bell Telephone Laboratories, wrote a long paper outlining the

conditions needed to amplify stimulated emission of visible light waves. At about the same time,
similar ideas crystallized in the mind of Gordon Gould, then a 37-year-old graduate student at
Columbia, who wrote them down in a series of notebooks. Townes and Schawlow published
their ideas in a scientific journal, Physical Review Letters, but Gould filed a patent application.
Three decades later, people still argue about who deserves the credit for the concept of the
laser.

Question 61. The word “coined” could best be replaced by
A. created B. mentioned C. understood D. discovered

Question 62. The word “intervention” can best be replaced by
A. need B. device C. influence D. source

Question 63. The word “it” refers to

A. light bulb B. energy C. molecule D. atom

Question 64. Which of the following statements best describes a laser?
A. A device for stimulating atoms and molecules to emit light

B. An atom in a high-energy state

C. A technique for destroying atoms or molecules
D. An instrument for measuring light waves

Question 65. Why was Towne’s early work with stimulated emission done with microwaves?
A. He was not concerned with light amplification.

B. It was easier to work with longer wavelengths.

C. His partner Schawlow had already begun work on the laser.
D. The laser had already been developed.

Question 66. In his research at Columbia University, Charles Townes worked with all of the
following EXCEPT

A. stimulated emission B. microwaves
C. light amplification D. a maser

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Question 68. The word “emerged” is closest in meaning to
A. increased B. concluded C. succeeded D appeared
Question 69. The word “outlining” is closest in meaning to
A. assigning B. studying C. checking D. summarizing

Question 70. Why do people still argue about who deserves the credit of the laser?
A. The researchers’ notebooks were lost.

B. Several people were developing the idea at the same time.
C. No one claimed credit for the development until recently.
D. The work is still incomplete.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

In the two decades between 1929 and 1949, sculpture in the United States sustained what was
probably the greatest expansion in sheer technique to occur in many centuries. There was, first
of all, the incorporation of welding into sculptural practice, with the result that it was possible to
form a new kind of metal object. For sculptors working with metal, earlier restricted to the dense
solidity of the bronze cast, it was possible to add a

type of work assembled from paper-thin metal sheets or sinuously curved rods. Sculpture could
take the form of a linear, two-dimensional frame and still remain physically self-supporting.
Along with the innovation of welding came a correlative departure: freestanding sculpture that
was shockingly flat. Yet another technical expansion of the options for sculpture appeared in
the guise of motion. The individual parts of a sculpture were no longer understood as

necessarily fixed in relation to one another, but could be made to change position within a work
constructed as a moving object. Motorizing the sculpture was only one of many possibilities
taken up in the 1930s. Other strategies for getting the work to move involved structuring it in

such a way that external forces, like air movements or the touch of a viewer, could initiate
motion. Movement brought with it a new attitude toward the issue of sculptural unity: a work
might be made of widely diverse and even discordant elements; their formal unity would be
achieved through the arc of a particular motion completing itself through time.

Like the use of welding and movement, the third of these major technical expansions to develop
in the

1930s and 1940s addressed the issues of sculptural materials and sculptural unity. But its
medium for doing so was the found object, an item not intended for use in a piece of artwork,
such as a newspaper or metal pipe. To create a sculpture by assembling parts that had been
fabricated originally for a quite different context did not necessarily involve a new technology.
But it did mean a change in sculptural practice, for it raised the possibility that making sculpture
might involve more a conceptual shift than a physical transformation of the material from which
it is composed.

Question 71. It could be inferred that between 1929 and 1949 sculptors changed in what way?
A. They depended less on patrons to finance their work.

B. They were less imaginative in their designs.

C. They exhibited sculpture more often outside than in galleries.
D. They used a wider variety of materials and techniques.

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A. Some sculpture became lighter and thinner.
B. Sculpture became more expensive to create.
C. Sculptors took more time to complete their work.
D. Sculpture became more and more ornate.

Question 73. The word “innovation” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to

A. limitation B. important concept C. use D. new idea

Question 74. The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to
A. viewer B. movement C. attitude D. issue

Question 75. The word “diverse” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
A. dissimilar B. unappealing C. unreliable D. distinctive

Question 76. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. Found objects make unattractive sculptures.

B. Sculptors looked for found objects in garbage cans.

C. The use of found objects changed the way sculpture is created.
D. Sculptors who used found objects enjoyed great success.

Question 77. The word “fabricated” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to
A. enlarged B. made C. ordered D. revealed

Question 78. Which of the following was NOT a new technique developed during this period?
A. Creating sculptures that move B. Welding metal pieces together

C. Including found objects in sculpture D. Making a bronze cast

Question 79. The word “ initiate” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to…
A. cause B. alter C. hinder D. prolong

Question 80. According to the passage, how did the use of motion affect sculpture?
A. It caused the old materials to be discarded

B. It required sculptors to collaborate with engineers
C. It changed the concept of sculptural unity.

D. It forced sculptors to weld all parts permanently
ĐÁP ÁN

1A 2D 3B 4C 5B 6C 7C 8D 9D 10D 11A 12C 13B 14D 15B 16B 17C 18A 19A 20C
21A 22B 23A 24B 25A 26B 27D 28C 29D 30A 31C 32A 33B 34B 35A
36D 37D 38D 39D 40C 41A 42B 43B 44A 45C 46B 47D 48B 49D 50B
51D 52C 53D 54C 55C 56B 57B 58A 59B 60A 61A 62C 63B 64A 65B
66C 67C 68D 69D 70B 71D 72A 73D 74B 75A 76C 77B 78D 79A 80C

4. ĐỀ SỐ 4

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Bài nghe gồm 2 phần, mỗi phần thí sinh được nghe 2 lần. Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh
(bằng tiếng Anh) có trong bài nghe.

Part 1: You will hear a man talking to the customer service manager at the bank and
complete the table below. Write no more than three words and/or a number for each
answer on your answer sheet. You will hear twice. First you will have some time to look
at the questions from 1 to 10. (2.0 points)

OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT
Application for a: Current bank account

Type of current account: The (1) “___________” account
Full name of applicant: Pieter Henes

Date of birth: (2) ___________
Joint account holder(s): No

Current address: (3) ___________Exeter
Time at current address: (4) ____________
Previous address: Rielsdorf 2, Utrecht, Holland
Telephone: work (5) ___________

home 796431

Occupation: (6) ___________

Identify (security): Name of his (7) ___________: Siti
Opening sum: (8) € ___________

Statements: to be transferred from Fransen Bank, Utrecht
Every (9) ___________

Requests: Supply information about the bank’s (10) ___________ service.

Part 2: You will hear Sarah Brown talking about her work as a television weather
forecaster. Listen to

her talk and do exercise. (2.0 points)

Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
1. How long has Sarah worked as a weather forecaster?

A. two years B. thirty years C. thirteen years D. seven years
2. What does Sarah say about her job?

A. She sometimes has to work at night. B. She enjoys getting up early.

C. She works ten or twelve hours a day. D. She normally stays up late to manage the
department.

3. When Sarah does a weather forecast, ____________.

A. She prepares it in advance B. She sometimes forgets her words

C. She worries about making a mistake D. There is much time for her to prepare
4. Sarah’s husband ____________.

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C. spends a lot of time travelling D. is often on short-distance flights
5. Sarah is pleased because she ____________.

A. has got her pilot’s licence B. took part in a long race
C. taught her husband to play tennis D. skis all the time
SECTION II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (5.0 points)

Part 1: Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. Write A, B, C or D
on

your answer sheet. (2.0 points)

1. I'm sure it's not my fault that Peter found out what we were planning. I don't remember
________

anyone about it.

A. to tell B. being told C. having told D. to be told

2. ________appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an

optical illusion.

A. What the Moon B. The Moon which C. When the Moon D. That the Moon
3. Tim looks so frightened and upset. He ________ something terrible.
A. must experience B. can have experienced

C. should have experienced D. must have experienced

4. My friend has just bought ________ from a shop on Tran Phu street.
A. a digital useful alarm clock B. an alarm useful digital clock

C. a useful alarm digital clock D. a useful digital alarm clock

5. ________ we invested in telecommunication industry, we would be rich now.
A. Should B. Were C. Would D. Had

6. ________ we have finished the course, we should start doing more revision work.
A. For now B. Now that C. Ever since D. By now

7. There are two small rooms in the beach house, ________ served as a kitchen
A. the smaller of which B. the smallest of which

C. the smaller of them D. smallest of that

8. People who are unemployed can receive the ________.
A. pension B. dole C. scholarship D. allowance

9. Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have ________ any
solutions.

A. looked into B. thought over C. got round to D. come up with
10. The car burst into ________ but the driver managed to escape.
A. fire B. burning C. heat D. flames

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12. It is the recommendation of many psychologists ________ to associate words and
remember names.

A. that a learner uses mental images B. that a learner use mental images
C. that a learner must use mental images D. mental images are used

13. Sarah delivered a/an ________ appeal to the court and asked for mercy.
A. sensational B. sentimental C. emotional D. affectionate

14. Of course I’ll play the piano at the party but I’m a little ________.
A. out of use B. out of reach C. out of turn D. out of practice

15. She ________ modern art. She visits all the local exhibitions.
A. looks down on B. goes in for C. fixes up with D. catches up with
16. Unfortunately, I might have to leave for Boston ________.

A. for short notice B. under short notice C. at short notice D. to short notice

17.Many habitats change ________ the types of plants and animals that live there.
A. with respect to B. in respect for C. as for D. as against

18. My old riding boots served me well for eleven years before they finally ________.
A. wore off B. broke down C. wore out D. broke up

19. ________, the catfish is prized for its state.

A. With ugly look B. As looking ugly C. As it is looking ugly D. Ugly looking as it is
20. He has been unable to find a job ________ with his ability as an accountant.
A. appropriate B. suitable C. requisite D. commensurate

Part 2: Supply the appropriate form of the words in CAPITAL to complete the sentences. Write
them on your answer sheet. (2.0 points)

1. After hours of going from one hotel to another, we ________ found one which
was not fully booked. (EVENT)

2. Librarians spend a lot of their time _________ books. (CLASS)
3. Ants and bees are described as _________insects. (INDUSTRY)
4. The lovers stood, hand in hand, gazing at the _________sky. (STAR)
5. The soil has been _________ by erosion. (POVERTY)

6. The bookcase was placed _________ near the door to hide a huge crack in the wall.
(STRATEGY)

7. I don’t like to be visited or phoned too much at home. I like my _______. (PRIVATE)
8. Nobody wanted to _______ the obnoxious boy, so he was always alone. (FRIEND)

9. I think it’s sheer _______ to get married in church if you don’t believe in God. (HYPOCRITE)
10. The English term café, borrowed from French, is ultimately a _________ of the Turkish
kahve, meaning coffee. (DERIVE)

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1. Families who are enough fortunate to own a historic home may be able to get restoration
funds from the government.

2. The most Americans were killed in World War II than in any other war since the birth of the
nation.

3. Sandra has not rarely missed a play or concert since she was seventeen years old.

4. Many people are afraid that in the future there will be no space leaving for human beings and
they

express the idea of robots replacing human beings.

5. Food prices have raised so rapidly in the past few months that some families have been
forced to alter their eating habits.

6. A turtle differs from other reptiles in that its body is encased in a protective shell of their own.
7. It is important that cancer is diagnosed and treated as early as possible in order to assure a
successful cure.

8. The Vermont Elementary Science Project, according to its founders, are designed to
challenge some of the most widely held beliefs about teaching.

9. All of the students in this course will be assessed according to their attendance, performance,
and

they work hard.

10. All the candidates for the scholarship will be equally heated regarding of their age, sex or
nationality.

SECTION III. READING (6.0 points)

Part 1: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write
them on your answer sheet. (1.0 point)

Save money on the book that aims to save animals

Have you ever raised such a question “Do you want to take part in the battle to save the world’s
wildlife?” Animal Watch is a book which will (1) _______ you in the fight for survival that faces
many of

our endangered animals and show how they struggle on the (2) _______ of extinction.
As you enjoy the book’s 250 pages and over 150 color photographs, you will have the (3)
_______

of knowing that part of your purchase money is being used to help animals (4) _______. From
the comfort of your armchair, you will be able to observe the world’s animals close-up and
explore their habitats. You will also discover the terrible results of human (5) _______ for land,
flesh and skins. Animal Watch is packed with fascinating facts. Did you know that polar bears
cover their black noses with their (6) _______ so they can hunt their prey in the snow without
being seen, for example? Or that (7) _______ each orange-utan which is captured, one has to
die? This superb publication has (8) _______ impressed Britain’s leading wildlife charity that it
has been chosen as Book of the Year, a title awarded to books which are considered to have
made a major contribution to wildlife conservation. You will find Animal Watch at a special low
(9)_______ price at all good bookshops, but hurry while (10) _______ last.

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3. A. value B. enjoyment C. virtue D. satisfaction
4. A. survive B. raise C. observe D. explore
5. A. interest B. greed C. care D. concern
6. A. feet B. claws C. paws D. toes
7. A. for B. by C. with D. from
8. A. too B. enough C. so D. such

9. A. beginning B. preparatory C. original D. introductory

10. A. stores B. stocks C. goods D. fund

Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write
them on your answer sheet. (2.0 points)

What I love about my job is the variety. I get enquiries from people all over the world asking me
how they should go about setting up their own website. I’ve been asked about so many subjects
– anything from someone wanting to teach people how to throw boomerangs to another people
selling paper flowers which they make at home in their spare time.

Obviously with all the thousands of websites available at the click of a button, you want to
create an impression with your website so that it becomes a must-see destination. Not
everyone is prepared, however, for the way in which a website can become so popular that it
actually has to be closed down. When people first set up their websites they probably pay their
web advertiser a monthly fee based on the number of hits or page impressions their site

receives. If they can pay their monthly fee without it costing them too much, that is the best that
most people hope for. One guy, Pete Bennett, whom I helped, wanted to set up a one-stop
shop to provide decent images of the world’s flags. He’d been fascinated by flags since his
boyhood and had no idea that thousands of other people share his passion. Anyway, in one
month his web page had over 1.5 million hits. As a result his internet provider trebled the fee
that he was being charged. He wasn’t a rich person and he couldn’t afford to spend that amount
of money on a hobby without any benefit to him, so he decided to carry advertising on his site.
He found a company which specializes in smaller sites and adverts were added to the pages on
his website. So, although he doesn’t make a huge profit, at least his hobby provides him with a
small income.

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1. What does Paul Howells enjoy most about his job?
A. Dealing with different people. C. His worldwide contacts.
B. The range of topics. D. Teaching design skills.

2. What does Paul mean by ‘a must-see destination’ in paragraph 2?

A. A website that can no longer be seen. C. A website that everyone wants to visit.
B. A website that does not make a charge. D. A website that has been well prepared.
3. Why did Pete Bennett set up a website on flags?

A. He knew lots of people shared his interest. C. He hoped to make a lot of money.
B. A web advertiser wanted to sell flags. D. He’d been interested in flags for years.
4. What word can best replace the word “hits” in paragraph 3?

A. bad effects B. beats C. attacks D. visits

5. Why did Pete Bennett accept advertising on his website?
A. To attract more hits. B. To add more interest.

C. To repay the huge fee. D. To help him earn some money.
6. Who are the “clients” in paragraph 4 referred to?

A. Interested people B. Web page designers C. Internet providers D. Product advertisers
7. Why do error messages sometimes appear?

A. People make a mistake in their e-mail address. B. People try to put too much on the web
page.

C. People have used a program incorrectly. D. People have clicked on the wrong button.
8. What comment does Paul make about setting up a website?

A. It is usually fairly easy to do. B. You must use a good instruction guide.
C. It can be quite complicated. D. You should rely on your own skills.

9. What word can best replace the word “script” in paragraph 5?
A. instruction B. picture C. handwriting D. play

10. What does Paul’s final sentence suggest about his work?
A. There’s a lot of money to be made in designing websites.
B. There are far too many websites on the internet.

C. There’s a big chance of becoming unemployed.
D. There are more web page designers than necessary.

Part 3: The following passage includes six paragraphs (A-F) and there are five pieces of
information. Read and find the information from 1 to 5 in the suitable paragraph. Write
the answers on your answer sheet; example: 0 - G (1.0 point)

1. Two "jobs" that women essentially do
2. Question about dating

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5. Pros of extended paternity

(A) There’s no denying that women around the world have made great strides toward equality in
the past century. One hundred years ago, women in the United States still didn’t have the right
to vote, and very few were allowed to pursue higher education or a meaningful career outside of
their household duties. Fast forward to today, and more than 70 percent of women between the
ages of 20 and 54 are active members of the national workforce. On top of this, 2015 marked
the first year when women were, on average, more likely to have a bachelor’s degree than men,
and this trend is on the rise.

(B) But despite all this newfound opportunity, the prevailing societal attitudes about what
women are historically supposed to value still have a long way to go. That’s why we’ve
partnered with SK-II to learn more about all of the ways women are still pressured to stick to

outdated gender norms. “Women have won unprecedented rights thanks to the feminist

movement, but as a society, we still expect women to prioritize family over career, or even over
their own needs,” says Silvia Dutchevici, president and founder of the Critical Therapy Center in
New York City. Dutchevici says many women feel pressure to “have it all,” meaning both a
thriving career and the perfect family, but that can be very difficult to achieve.

(C) “Most women try to balance work and family,” Dutchevici says, “but that balance is seldom
equal.” In fact, she says working mothers ― even those with partners ― often find themselves
essentially working two full-time jobs: keeping their career together while doing the brunt of
housework, cooking and child-rearing. This happens for a variety of reasons, but societal
expectations about the roles of women and men at home are still very much to blame, says
Tamra Lashchyk, a Wall Street executive, business coach and author of the book “Lose the
Gum: A Survival Guide to Women on Wall Street.”

(D) “No matter how successful she is, the burden of running a household still falls on the
woman’s shoulders,” Lashchyk says. “Men get more of a pass when it comes to these duties,
especially those that involve children.” Lashchyk says much of this pressure on women to
conform to a more domestic lifestyle comes from friends and family.

(E) “In many people’s minds, a woman’s career success pales in comparison to having a
family,” she says. “Especially if the woman is single, no matter how great her professional
achievements, almost every single one of her conversations with her family will include

questions about her romantic life or lack thereof. I could literally tell my family I’d cured cancer
and the conversation would still end with, ‘But are you dating anyone?’” While covert societal
expectations might contribute to some of this inequality, workplace policies on maternity and
paternity leave can hold a lot of the blame.

(F) “Unfortunately, many workplace policies regarding taking time off to care for family do not

the changing times,” Dutchevici says. “Both men and women suffer in their careers when they
prioritize family, but women carry far harsher punishments. Their choice to take time off and
start a family can result in lower pay, and fewer promotions in the future. The right to family
leave is not a woman’s issue, it is a society’s issue, a family’s issue.” Lashchyk agrees with this
sentiment. “There should be more flexibility and benefits [in the workplace], like longer periods
of time for paternity leave……If paternity

leave was extended, men could share a greater responsibility in child care, and they could
Part 4: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage
below. Write it on your answer sheet. (2.0 points)

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Today, more and more animal and plant species are on the verge of extinction because of a (4)
_______ of major factors that cause a species to become endangered, and as you might
expect, humans play a role in quite a few of them - in fact, the biggest threat to endangered
animals is human encroachment on their habitats. By analyzing and grouping many individual
cases, (5) _______, we find the same broad causes appearing again and again. They are
habitat destruction, exotic species, and overexploitation. Among other (6) _______ threatening
particular species are limited: distribution, disease, and pollution. Limited distributions are often
a (7) _______ of other threats: populations confined to one or a few small areas because of
habitat loss, for example, may be disastrously affected by random factors.

Diseases can have severe (8) _______ on species lacking natural genetic protections against
particular pathogens, like the rabies and canine distemper viruses that are currently devastating
carnivore populations in East Africa. Domestic (9) _______ are usually the reservoirs of these
and other diseases affecting wild populations, showing once again that human activities lie at
the root of most causes of endangerment. Pollution has seriously done harm (10) _______
number of terrestrial species, although species living in freshwater and marine ecosystems are
also suffering.

SECTION IV. WRITING (5.0 points)

Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the sentence printed before it. Write the answers on your answer sheet. (1.5
point)

1. She can’t have any more children because of her age.

She is too ________________________________________________.
2. I will marry her and I do not care how old she is.

No matter _________________________________________________.
3. The storm completely wiped out all my crops.

I had_____________________________________________________.
4. "I am sorry I was rude to you yesterday" said the boss to me.

The boss _________________________________________________.
5. He said he had won as a result of good luck.

He attributed ______________________________________________.
6. The truth only came out on the publication of the general’s personal diaries.
Only when ________________________________________________.
7. Their chances of success are small

It is not___________________________________________________.
8. I rarely sleep in the afternoon.

I’m not in_________________________________________________.

9. There is nobody in this office that will offer a different opinion to the one I gave you.

Whoever _________________________________________________.

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Part 2: Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as
possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given and other words as
necessary. Do not change the form of the given word. Write the answers on your answer
sheet (1.0 point)

1. They continued to suggest that I was lying. (PERSISTED)

_________________________________________________________.
2. This is the first time I have seen her in my life. (SET)

_______________________________________________________.

3. His irresponsible attitude is endangering his career as a doctor. (JEOPARDY)
________________________________________________________.

4. The police arrived as the thieves were committing the crime. (RED-HANDED)
________________________________________________________.

5. Some people say that Tsiolkovsky invented the space rocket (CREDITED)
________________________________________________________.

Part 3: Some parents think that they can take advantage of modern technology to educate their
children at home. Others argue that the learning process can only be facilitated with the

appearance of teachers. Which opinion are you in favor of? Why? You should write at least 250
words. (2.5 points)

____________THE END____________

I. LISTENING (4.0 points)

Part 1: (2.0 điểm) Mỗi phương án đúng được 0,2 điểm.
1. select 2. 27.1.1973 3. 15 Riverside 4. 2 weeks 5. 616295
6. engineer 7. mother 8. 2,000 9. month 10. internet

Part 2: (2.0 điểm) Mỗi phương án đúng được 0,4 điểm.
1. D 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B

II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (5.0 points)

Part 1. (2.0 points ). Mỗi phương án đúng được 0,1 điểm
1.C 2. D 3. D 4. D 5. D

6. B 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. D
11. C 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. B
16. C 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. D

Part 2. (2.0 points). Mỗi phương án đúng được 0,2 điểm

1. eventually 2. classifying 3. industrious 4. starry 5. impoverished
6. strategically 7. privacy 8. befriend 9. hypocrisy 10. derivarion
Part 3. (1.0 points). Mỗi phương án đúng được 0,1 điểm

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Part 1: (1.0 points) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,1 điểm

1. B. involve 2. A. edge 3. D. satisfaction 4. A. survive 5. B. greed
6. C. paws 7. A. for 8. C. so 9. D. introductory 10. B. stocks
Part 2: (2 points) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,2 điểm

1. B 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. A 10. B
Part 3: (1.0 điểm) Mỗi đáp án đúng được 0,2 điểm.
1. C 2. E 3. A 4. D 5. F

Part 4: (2.0 point) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,2 điểm
1. considered 2. extinct 3. off 4. variety 5. however
6. factors 7. consequence 8. impact 9. animals 10. to
IV. WRITING (5.0 points)

Part 1. (1.5 point). Mỗi đáp án đúng được 0,15 điểm
1. She is too old to have any more children.

2. No matter how old she is, I will marry her.

3. I had all my crops completely wiped out by the storm.

4. The boss apologized to me for being rude to me the day before/ the previous day.
5. He attributed his victory/ success to good luck.

6. Only when the general’s personal diaries were published did the truth come out.
7. It is not (very) likely (that) they will succeed.

8. I’m not in the habit of sleeping in the afternoon.

9. Whoever you ask in this office will say the same as I did.

10. Of no consequence (to us) is the fact that the press heaped scorn on the handling of the
crisis.

Part 2. (1.0 point). Mỗi đáp án đúng được 0,2 điểm

1. They persisted in suggesting that I was lying.
2. He have never set eyes on her before.

3. His irresponsible attitude is putting his career as a doctor in jeopardy.

4. The police caught the thieves red – handed. The thieves were caught red – handed.
5. Tsiolkovsky is/ has been credited with having invented/ the invention of the space rocket

5. ĐỀ SỐ 5

SECTION 2: LEXICO – GRAMMAR.

I. Complete the following sentences by choosing option A, B, C or D.
12. David: Would you like fish or meat? Mary: I __________fish, please.
A. would rather B. would prefer C. suppose D. believe

13. Many teenagers show signs of anxiety and ___________when being asked about their
future.

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14. There was a huge decline ___________the number of tigers.
A. in B.for C. of D. about

15. I’d rather you _________anything about the garden until the weather improves.
A.don’t make B. didn’t do C. don’t do D. didn’t make

16. A part-time job gives me the freedom to _________my interests.
A. pursue B. chase C. seek D. catch

17. The new road currently under____________will solve the traffic problems in the town.
A. design B. progress C. construction D. work

18. Daisy: What a lovely house you have! Mary: ___________
A. Lovely, I think so B. Thank you. I hope you will drop in.
C. of course not, it’s so costly. D. No problem.

19. Brian asked Judy________ to dinner and a movie.
A. out B. on C. for D. of

20. No news ___________ good news.
A. is B. are C. were D. have been

21. Yesterday he missed the lesson. He wishes he______ it.
A. didn't miss B. hadn't miss C. hasn't missed D. hadn't missed
22. Such ______ that he would stop at nothing.

A. his ambition was B. did his ambition C. does his ambition D. was his ambition
II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brachkets.

23. Bi Rain, together with 58 members of the South Korean National Military Symphony
Orchsetra and traditional musicians, (come) _______to Viet Nam since last week.
24. He suggested that his son (be) ________on time for the interview.

25. Tom will come home as soon as he (finish) _______his test .
26. ASEAN (found)________in 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand.

27. Hardly our teacher (enter)_______the classroom when it started to rain.
28. I must just go and wash, I (garden)___________ .

29.30. I (never, forget)___________ the time when I first (work)_________as a teacher.
31. They thought that he (play)________________football for 10 years.

32. It’s high time you (concentrate) ___________________on your study.
III. Give the suitable form of the word in parentheses.

33. On my salary, we have to live as _________as possible. ECONOMY

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36. Her son is always mischievous and _______, which annoys her very much. OBEY 37. The
Americans are much more concerned than the Indian and Chinese with physical

________when

choosing a wife or a husband. ATTRACT

IV. In each of the following sentences, there is ONE mistake. Find and correct these
mistakes.

38. The package containing books and records were sent last week.
39. He didn’t forget filling petrol on the way home yesterday.

40. Helen has never met such good person who is ready to help others.

41. Everybody in class has to choose a topic of your own to write an essay of 500 words.
42. After driving for twenty miles, he suddenly realized that he has been driving in the wrong
direction.

43. It is likely that all people in Hanoi live in skyscrapers by 2050.
44. In 1961, America’s first manned spacecraft launched.

45. Paris has been well-known about its famous monuments, beautiful music, and wonderful
restaurants for over 100 years. A B C D

46. In France people drive on the left, so making sure you go on the right side.
47. Up to now he wrote five novels and over sixteen short stories.

SECTION THREE: READING

I. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with a suitable given word.
able invitations firm impolite common punctual polite reschedule location set

Americans tend to be very (48) ____________ people. This is often expressed in
Conversations. It is (49)___ for an American to end a conversation by saying: “Let’s get
together sometime,” “Come by for a visit when you have a chance,” or “Let’s meet for coffee.”
However, these (50)_____ are usually not intended to be taken literally. An Invitation is not
(51)_____ unless a time and place is (52).

If you have accepted an invitation or if a meeting has been set, Americans usually expect you to
arrive at

the agreed (53)_____at the right time. It is considered (54)_____ to accept an invitation and not
show up or to arrive more than 10 to 20 minutes late. Americans tend to be quite (55)_____. If
you have to cancel an appointment or know that you will not be (56) to be on time, you should
call your friend or host to cancel or (57)_____

II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to fill in each of the
blanks.

Everybody want to have a happy family. It is a (58) ______ of all people in this earth to have a
happy

family. Comforts in life are (59) ______ when your family is not happy. Here’s the ingredients of
a happy

family:

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love through actions and words is a very important factor to have a happy family life.
Understanding - A big room of understanding is a great (61) ______ also to have a happy
family life. Understand the need of each family members. Wife should understand the need of
her husband and vice versa. Parents should understand their kids (62) _______ they are
growing up.

Quality time - This is very important to have a happy family life. Most happy families have time
for (63) _____. Parents give priority to spending time with their kids during (64) ______ hours
from work rather than having fun with their friends and associates. Honesty - Being honest to
each other would also (65)________ to a happy family life.

Care - A (66) _______ family is a happy family. Care for the need of each other. Patience and
consideration - Consider minor differences, don’t make it a big deal. Have patience to (67)
_____ with it and this will contribute to a happy family life.

58. A. right B. dream C. way D. priority

59. A. hopeless B. meaningful C. helpful D. useless
60. A. whatever B. whenever C. wherever D. however
61. A. equipment B. fact C. tool D. result

62. A. since B. if C. because D. as

63. A. other B. each other C. each D. others
64. A. all B. for C. off D. out of

65. A. contribute B. dispense C. distribute D. concentrate

66. A. caring B. careless C. cared D. careful

67. A. manage B. apply C. divide D. deal

III. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C or D to indecate the correct
answer to each

of the questions.
A.

Sometimes people add to what they say even when they don’t talk. Gestures are the “silent
language” of every culture. We point a finger or move another part of the body to show what we
want to say. It is important to know the body language of every country or we may be

misunderstood. In the United States, people greet each other with a handshake in a formal
introduction. The handshake must be firm. If the handshake is weak, it is a sign of weakness or
unfriendliness. Friends may place a hand on the other’s arm or shoulder. Some people, usually
women, greet a friend with a hug.

Space is important to Americans. When two people talk to each other, they usually stand about
two and a half feet away and at an angle, so they are not facing each other directly. Americans
get uncomfortable when a person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If
Americans touch another person by accident, they say, “Pardon me.” or “Excuse me.”

Americans like to look the other person in the eyes when they are talking. If you don’t do so, it
means you are bored, hiding something, or are not interested. But when you are stare at
someone, it is not polite. For Americans, thumbs-up means yes, very good, or well done.
Thumbs down means the opposite. To call a waiter, raise one hand to head level or above. To
show you want the check, make a movement with your hands as if you are signing a piece of
paper. It is all right to point at things but not at people with the hand and index finger.

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when they admire them. Learning a culture’s body language is sometimes confusing. -If you
don’t know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile.

68. From the passage we can learn that __________
A. gestures don’t mean anything while talking

B. gestures can help us to express ourselves

C. American people often use body language in communication
D. It’s confusing to understand a culture’s body language

69. If you are introduced to a stranger from the USA, you should _________
A. greet him with a hug B. place a hand on his shoulder

C. shake his hand weakly D. shake his hand firmly
70. American people often __________ .

A. show their friendship by touching each other
B. glance at each other when they are talking

C. get uncomfortable when you stand or sit too close to them
D. say “Pardon me.” to each other when they are talking

71. When your friend give you a thumbs-up, he; in fact, _________
A. shows his rudeness to you B. shows his anger to you

C. expresses his worries about you D. expresses his satisfaction to you
72. Which of the following is NOT true about the culture of the United States?
A.Pointing at someone is usually considered rude.

B. It’s rude to stare at the other person.

C. It’s impolite to look the other person in the eyes while talking.

D. It’s all right to raise your hand slightly when you want to attract the waiter’s attention.
B.

Before the mid-nineteenth century, people in the United States ate most foods only in season.
Drying, smoking, and salting could preserve meat for a short time, but the availability of fresh
meat, like that of fresh milk, was very limited; there was no way to Line prevent spoilage. But in
1810 a French inventor named Nicolas Appert developed the cooking-and-sealing process of
canning. And in the 1850's an American named Gail Borden developed a means of condensing
and preserving milk. Canned goods and condensed milk became more common during the
1860's, but supplies remained low because cans had to be made by hand. By 1880, however,
inventors had fashioned stamping and soldering machines that mass-produced cans from
tinplate. Suddenly all kinds of food could be preserved and bought at all times of the year. Other
trends and inventions had also helped make it possible for Americans to vary their daily diets.
Growing urban populations created demand that encouraged fruit and vegetable farmers to
raise more produce. Railroad refrigerator cars enabled growers and meat packers to ship
perishables great distances and to preserve them for longer periods. Thus, by the 1890's,
northern city dwellers could enjoy southern and western strawberries, grapes, and tomatoes,
previously available for a month at most, for up to six months of the year. In addition, increased
use of iceboxes enabled families to store perishables. An easy means of producing ice

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fixture in most homes and remained so until the mechanized refrigerator replaced it in the
1920's and 1930's.

Almost everyone now had a more diversified diet. Some people continued to eat mainly foods
that were heavy in starches or carbohydrates, and not everyone could afford meat.

Nevertheless, many families could take advantage of previously (25) unavailable fruits,
vegetables, and dairy products to achieve more varied fare.

73. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Causes of food spoilage B. Commercial production of ice

C. Inventions that led to changes in the American diet D. Population movements in the
nineteenth

century

74. The phrase “in season” in line 2 refers to
A. a kind of weather B. a particular time of year
C. an official schedule D. a method of flavoring food
75. The word “prevent” in line 4 is closest in meaning to
A. estimate B. avoid C. correct D. confine

76. During the 1860's, canned food products were

A. unavailable in rural areas B. shipped in refrigerator cars

C. available in limited quantities D. a staple part of the American diet
77. It can be inferred that railroad refrigerator cars came into use
A. before 1860 B. before 1890 C. after 1900 D. after 1920

78. The word “them ” in line 15 refers to

A. refrigerator cars B. perishables C. growers D. distances

79. The word “fixture” in line 22 is closest in meaning to

A. luxury item B. substance C. commonplace object D. mechanical device
80. The author implies that in the 1920's and 1930's home deliveries of ice
A. decreased in number B. were on an irregular schedule

C. increased in cost D. occurred only in the summer

81. The word “Nevertheless” in line 26 is closest in meaning to
A. therefore B. because C. occasionally D. however

82 Which of the following types of food preservation was NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Drying B. Canning C. Cold storage D. Chemical additives

83. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?

A. Tin cans and iceboxes helped to make many foods more widely available.
B. Commercial ice factories were developed by railroad owners.

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I. Finish the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one. (84-88)
84. We couldn’t relax until all the guests had gone home.

- Only after

________________________________________________________________________
85. House prices have risen sharply this year.

 There

has_________________________________________________________________________

_

86. Henry regretted buying the second-hand car.
 Henry

wishes______________________________________________________________________
_

87. Experts think that all dogs evolved from wolves.
 All dogs

___________________________________________________________________________
88. Would you mind not smoking in my house?

 I

would_______________________________________________________________________
_____

II. Write a passage of about 250 words to show your opinion on the following statement:

“Smart devices have put all of the world’s information at our fingertips.” What are the drawbacks
of this

development?

ĐÁP ÁN
SECTION 2: LEXICO – GRAMMAR.

I. Complete the following sentences by choosing option A, B, C or D.

12. B 13. B 14. A

15. B 16. A 17. C
18. B 19. A 20. A
21. D 22. D

II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brachkets.

23. has come 24. be 25. has finished/finishes 26. was founded
27. had our teacher entered

28. have been gardening 29. will never forget 30. worked
31. had played 32. concentrated

III. Give the suitable form of the word in parentheses.
33. economically 34. endangered 35. destruction
36. disobedient 37. attractiveness

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Mistake Correction Mistake Correction
38. C was 43. C Will have lived

39. A To fill 44. D Was launched
40. B Such a good 45. B For
41. C Their own 46. C. make sure
42. C Had been driving 47. B has written
SECTION THREE: READING

I. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with a suitable given word.
48. polite 49. common 50. invitations

51. firm 52. set 53. location
54. impolite 55. punctual 56. able
57. reschedule

II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to fill in each of the
blanks.

58. B 59. D 60. A 61. C 62. D
63. B 64. B 65. A 66. A 67. D

III. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C or D to indecate the correct
answer to each of the questions.

A.

68. B 69. D 70. C 71. D 72.C
B.

73. C 74. B 75. B 76. C 77. B
78. B 79.C 80. A 81. D 82. D
83. A

SECTION FOUR: WRIITNG

I. Finish the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one. (84-88)
84. We couldn’t relax until all the guests had gone home.

 Only after had all the guests gone home, we could relax.
85. House prices have risen sharply this year.

 There has a sharp rise/ increase in house prices this year.
86. Henry regretted buying the second-hand car.

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